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wesnoth_1.4.5-1_i386 
NAME
wesnoth - Battle for Wesnoth, a turn-based fantasy strategy game
SYNOPSIS
wesnoth [OPTIONS] [PATH_TO_DATA]
DESCRIPTION
Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based fantasy strategy game.
Defeat all enemy leaders using a well-chosen cadre of troops, taking
care to manage your resources of gold and villages. All units have
their own strengths and weaknesses; to win, deploy your forces to their
best advantage while denying your foes the chance to do the same. As
units gain experience, they acquire new abilities and become more
powerful. Play in your own language and test your skill against a smart
computer opponent, or join Wesnoth’s large community of on-line
players. Create your own custom units, scenarios or campaigns, and
share them with others.
OPTIONS
--bpp number
sets BitsPerPixel value. Example: --bpp 32
--compress infile outfile
compresses a savefile (infile) that is in text WML format into
binary WML format (outfile).
-d, --debug
shows extra debugging information and enables additional command
mode options in-game (see the website at
http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/CommandMode for more information
about command mode).
--decompress infile outfile
decompresses a savefile (infile) that is in binary WML format
into text WML format (outfile).
-f, --fullscreen
runs the game in full screen mode.
--fps displays the number of frames per second the game is currently
running at, in a corner of the screen.
--gunzip infile.gz
decompresses a file which should be in gzip format and stores it
without the .gz suffix. The infile.gz will be removed.
--gzip infile
compresses a file in gzip format, stores it as infile.gz and
removes infile.
-h, --help
displays a summary of command line options to standard output,
and exits.
--load savegame
loads the file savegame from the standard save game directory.
--log-level=domain1,domain2,...
sets the severity level of the log domains. all can be used to
match any log domain. Available levels:
error, warning, info, debug. By default the error level is
used.
--logdomains
Dumps a list of all log domains and exits.
--max-fps
the number of frames per second the game can show, the value
should be between the 1 and 1000, the default is 50.
--multiplayer
runs a multiplayer game. There are additional options that can
be used together with --multiplayer as explained below.
--nocache
disables caching of game data.
--nosound
runs the game without sounds and music.
--path prints the name of the game data directory and exits.
-r XxY, --resolution XxY
sets the screen resolution. Example: -r 800x600
-t, --test
runs the game in a small test scenario.
-v, --version
shows the version number and exits.
-w, --windowed
runs the game in windowed mode.
--no-delay
runs the game without any delays for graphic benchmarking. This
is automatically enabled by --nogui.
--nogui
runs the game without the GUI. Must appear before --multiplayer
to have the desired effect.
--exit-at-end
exits once the scenario is over, without displaying
victory/defeat dialog which requires the user to click OK. This
is also used for scriptable benchmarking.
Options for --multiplayer
The side-specific multiplayer options are marked with number. number
has to be replaced by a side number. It usually is 1 or 2 but depends
on the number of players possible in the chosen scenario.
--algorithmnumber=value
selects a non-standard algorithm to be used by the AI controller
for this side. Available values: idle_ai and sample_ai.
--controllernumber=value
selects the controller for this side. Available values: human
and ai.
--era=value
use this option to play in the selected era instead of the
Default era. The era is chosen by an id. Eras are described in
the data/multiplayer/eras.cfg file.
--parmnumber=name:value
sets additional parameters for this side. This parameter depends
on the options used with --controller and --algorithm. It
should only be useful for people designing their own AI. (not
yet documented completely)
--scenario=value
selects a multiplayer scenario by id. The default scenario id is
multiplayer_The_Freelands.
--sidenumber=value
selects a faction of the current era for this side. The faction
is chosen by an id. Factions are described in the
data/multiplayer.cfg file.
--turns=value
sets the number of turns for the chosen scenario. The default is
50.
Example to test your own AI against the default AI without starting the
GUI:
wesnoth --nogui --multiplayer --controller1=ai --controller2=ai
--algorithm2=python_ai
--parm2=python_script:py/my_own_python_ai.py
AUTHOR
Written by David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>.
Edited by Nils Kneuper <crazy-ivanovic@gmx.net>, ott <ott@gaon.net> and
Soliton <soliton.de@gmail.com>.
This manual page was originally written by Cyril Bouthors
<cyril@bouthors.org>.
Visit the official homepage: http://www.wesnoth.org/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2003-2007 David White <davidnwhite@verizon.net>
This is Free Software; this software is licensed under the GPL version
2, as published by the Free Software Foundation. There is NO warranty;
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
wesnoth_editor(6), wesnothd(6)